Distinguished? Not the person who oversees these puzzles (5)
I believe the answer is:
noted
'distinguished? not the person who oversees these puzzles' is the definition.
'noted' can be an answer for 'distinguished?' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the rest of the definition.
'distinguished? not the person' is the wordplay.
'distinguished? not' becomes 'no' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the person' becomes 'Ted' (Ted is an example).
'no'+'ted'='NOTED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noted that I've seen before include "saw" , "Recorded; famous" , "Famous or eminent" , "Made a record - celebrated" , "remarked upon" .)